Newcastle successfully did the old bus parking routine against us, that Villa also nearly pulled off. We operated in ‘the Tottenham zone’ which is a semi-circle around the 18 yard box where we pass from side to side across the pitch with no effect.

So how do we beat the bus parkers? Why are our players apparently told never to cross the ball or shoot?

I would've stuck Rose/KWP/Lucas/Son all out as wide as possible today dragging 4 players with them. The space was non-existent when we picked up the ball fairly central and there was an alarming lack of 20 yard shots today.

If the opposition are playing so deep then the argument would be to remove a defensive player (which we did today) but I don't know what Lo Celso was told by the management today because he didn't seem to have a role? Maybe bringing him and Eriksen on together was pointless and the solution is to bring one on with Davies, pushing Rose up to basically hug the touchline on Newcastle's last line of defence.

I think it's a poor reflection on Poch that after 5 years(?) he still hasn't worked out a plan B for this kind of match, other than sort of copying what I would do on a manager game and just put on more and more attackers.